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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

When I was born though, the joke was on my dad. Or was it my mom? I can't decide. I've been trying ever since to trump my first April Fool's joke, but for some reason I always fall short. It's sort of hard to top my April Fool's genius when I was 0. I mean, do you know anyone else with the fore thought and ingenuity able to pull off the trick I did at birth? When my moms water broke on April 1st, I'm sure my mom and dad thought they'd been fooled. When I couldn't wait 15 minutes to get to the hospital to be born like most Western civilization babies, and my dad had to "catch" me on the way out (on the side of the road with a foot of snow on the ground and no interior vehicle lights, I might add) he surely must have felt that the April Fools joke was complete. But no. I didn't stop there. I decided that the rural hospital wasn't to my fancy so I held my breath and decide to labor my breathing. Voila! Trick worked and I got to be the very first passenger in a brand new transport ambulance.....that was too high for the outgoing arches. Crash, Boom, Bang.

So, I ask you. Have you ever had someone pull an April Fool's prank on you that rivals the one I pulled on my parents? One of these days I'll tell you about my second best April Fool's prank, but for now, I've got to get the birthday bustle in my hustle. Or something like that.

Are you wondering yet whether nor not you should believe what you see? I'm picturing a few internal dialogues like, "is she really pregnant? Again? I thought she was done? Isn't 5 enough?" Did I "get" any of you? Please tell me I did, because I love a good joke, and believe it or not, I've had this idea in the back of my head since I found this positive pregnancy test about 5 minutes ago laying in my drawer from the twins.

You didn't get me you fooler! I knew there were no new babies coming to your house. But great trick! I must tell you that it suits you to a T that you came into the world that way. Fascinating and funny from birth...PERFECT!

♥ I did wonder for half a second and those exact words went through my head. Really. and then didin't she say 5's it we're done! However my friend said that same thing at 4 but still had a surprise baby number 5! :)

My sister was born April 1st too! We used to tell her she was a "joke"... She didn't really appreciate us much back then! :)

The story is fantastic! Is IT true??? I wasn't able to see the picture of the test using Safari, but when I opened your blog in FireFox, I saw it and realized what everyone was talking about. I am sure if I hadn't inadvertently cheated, I would have totally believed you!

The question is...why do you have a positive pregnancy test lying around???

Too funny. I still have all four of the sticks I peed on when I found out I was pregnant with the twins. We were going to tell our families that I was pregnant again with another set of twins, but then we realized it just wasn't very funny....

Happy Birthday. I am pretty sure I remember reading something that you weren't having anymore so i didn't think you were pregnant unless it was some miracle. But heck it happens right? I hope you had a great day.

Normally, I wouldn't have a positive pregnancy test "lying around". However, I was living with my in-laws when I got pregnant and I didn't want the test found in the trash before I was ready to tell anyone I was pregnant. So I kept it. Then after I found it again, I couldn't throw it away because it represented the carefree pregnancy I thought I was going to have. But didn't.

Well you got me. That's a cool birth story. Yesterday after I got back from the gym I told Dru I was pulled up by the cops and given a $500 ticket for not having insurance or registration. He FREAKED OUT!! It was pretty funny. He was relieved that it was April Fools.

Nah, you didn't get me. I know you're done, AND married to a pharmacist, so really, how hard is birth control? 'Grab a pack of condoms hon, we're out!' But I didn't know your birthday was April 1st. Sorry I missed that, hope it was a good one. I wish I would have thought of that pregnancy joke, course, since we are still planning on one more, it wouldn't catch anyone too off guard. Are you 33 this year? That's a magic birthday for women in Japan. 17 and 33. Don't know why...